This a  tall jar by Alice Cling.  Alice Cling is one of the great names in the revival of Navajo pottery in the 1980’s. This jar is coil built, stone polished and traditionally fired.  This tall jar is a very traditional Navajo shape with the elongated shape and very straight sides.  The design on the rim is etched into the clay and it is an alternating triangular cloud and mountain design.  The design is very subtle and the coloration from the firing which is especially strong on this piece.  The colors on this jar swirl and range from black to a deep red.  The jar was covered in pine-pitch after the firing, a continuation of the traditional Navajo pottery when pitch was used to make the pottery waterproof.  The jar is signed on the bottom in the clay, “Alice Cling”.  Alice has won numerous awards for her pottery and been featured in books such as “Legacy of Generations.”